Farmer pays for dog bite

A family trip to a Clinton farm to buy a pig for a ceremonial event ended up costing the farmer $30,000 to settle a dog bite claim.

A settlement in the lawsuit against the farmer, Melvin Roehm, was accepted Monday in Lenawee County Circuit Court. The money is to be administered by Lydia Cacau, the mother of a 12-year-old Romulus boy injured in the 2011 incident at Roehm's farm.

The boy, Daniel Dan, was bitten on the face by the farmer's Labrador retriever while he was with his family at the farm to select a pig for a Romanian ceremony, said Adrian attorney Matt Rains. The parties reached agreement to a settlement suggested during case evaluation earlier this year, he said.